PROVIDING NECESSITIES FOR LIFE Agricultural practices have been used for the entiretyof human existence. Agricultural enterprises- crop or
livestock-provide society with raw materials that are
used to keep life going. Food, building materials, and clothing materials, are just a few examples of products that are produced through agricultural practices. Conserving land that yields crops is of the utmost importance to keep society running. Society could not function without the components provided by agriculture. When looking at the world as a giant food chain, eliminating the crops would create a domino effect in which everything elsewould cease to exist.
TRANSPORTATION
In order for farmers to benefit from excess food
production, they had to get their crops to market, so
the agricultural revolution brought about a need for the
development of roads, bridges, tunnels, and canals.
The rapid growth of railroads was also strongly driven
by the need to get a valuable, perishable product to
consumers (Importance of Agriculture, 2007).
CREATING SUBURBS
The idea of established villages and stationary society is
based on agriculture. Farming brought about the
settlement of farm communities, which led to villages and
city-states. Farming also made settled lifestyles possible,
which, in turn, made technological development possible.
When the nomads abandoned their ways and began to
plant their own food, villages and towns were established
and began to grow. Keeping one's belly full used to depend
on having farms within one's proximity. If people were not
near food, they would suffer malnutrition or starvation. As a
result, people located their homes near a source of
food to survive. In time villages, and more recently,
suburbs were introduced (Importance of Agriculture, 2007). PROVIDING JOBS
Agriculture is also responsible, not only for providing
food, but providing jobs. In fact, in Lancaster
Pennsylvania, agriculture is responsible for one in five
jobs (Keeping Lancaster County Farming).
The jobs available through agriculture, and there
are many, have a great impact on the economy as well.
A few examples of careers in agriculture include:
agriculture educator
farm manager
biotechnologist
forester
food scientist
veterinarian
(Information from Walters State Career Site, 2008)
BOOSTING THE ECONOMY
Today farming is a huge industry that has a large impact
on the economy. In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, farm
production on 2003 totaled about $890 million and
agriculture accounted for 11% of Lancaster's economy.
(Keep Lancaster County Farming, 2007)
THE IMPORTANCE OF
AGRICULTURE TO SOCIETY
PROVIDING NECESSITIES FOR LIFE
Agricultural practices have been used for the entiretyof human existence. Agricultural enterprises- crop or
livestock-provide society with raw materials that are
used to keep life going. Food, building materials, and clothing materials, are just a few examples of products that are produced through agricultural practices. Conserving land that yields crops is of the utmost importance to keep society running. Society could not function without the components provided by agriculture. When looking at the world as a giant food chain, eliminating the crops would create a domino effect in which everything elsewould cease to exist.
TRANSPORTATION
In order for farmers to benefit from excess food
production, they had to get their crops to market, so
the agricultural revolution brought about a need for the
development of roads, bridges, tunnels, and canals.
The rapid growth of railroads was also strongly driven
by the need to get a valuable, perishable product to
consumers (Importance of Agriculture, 2007).
CREATING SUBURBS
The idea of established villages and stationary society is
based on agriculture. Farming brought about the
settlement of farm communities, which led to villages and
city-states. Farming also made settled lifestyles possible,
which, in turn, made technological development possible.
When the nomads abandoned their ways and began to
plant their own food, villages and towns were established
and began to grow. Keeping one's belly full used to depend
on having farms within one's proximity. If people were not
near food, they would suffer malnutrition or starvation. As a
result, people located their homes near a source of
food to survive. In time villages, and more recently,
suburbs were introduced (Importance of Agriculture, 2007).
PROVIDING JOBS
Agriculture is also responsible, not only for providing
food, but providing jobs. In fact, in Lancaster
Pennsylvania, agriculture is responsible for one in five
jobs (Keeping Lancaster County Farming).
The jobs available through agriculture, and there
are many, have a great impact on the economy as well.
A few examples of careers in agriculture include:
- agriculture educator
- farm manager
- biotechnologist
- forester
- food scientist
- veterinarian
(Information from Walters State Career Site, 2008)BOOSTING THE ECONOMY
Today farming is a huge industry that has a large impact
on the economy. In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, farm
production on 2003 totaled about $890 million and
agriculture accounted for 11% of Lancaster's economy.
(Keep Lancaster County Farming, 2007)
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